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Life in Ontario: You and Your Friends
Description: Footage of various people and places in Ontario, California. Filming took place over the course of one week in the spring of 1947 by cameraman Martin Rhode for Robert Allen Productions. Several local residents appear in the film and locations include the Daily Report, KOCS Radio,...

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3 itemsWelcome to Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room

The Model Colony History Room was established in the Ontario City Library in 1970. The room contains non-circulating materials concerning the social, economic and governmental history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County.

Materials available in the Model Colony History Room include: manuscripts, photographs, documents, maps, local school yearbooks, news clippings, Ontario city directories, and phone books. Many of these materials date back to 1882 when George Chaffey and William Chaffey founded Ontario, the "Model Colony."

Check out the Model Colony Collections and the Special Collections Finding Aids.

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Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
Ontario City Library
215 East "C" Street
Ontario, CA 91764-4111
(909) 395-2206 For all inquiries
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